new jersey going on for hours, governor -- this is moonachie, new jersey going on for hours, governor christy saying it was not a levee it was a berm, 800 need to be rescued from a mobile home park is a live look at atlantic city, new jersey the center of the storm came ashore near there that storm surge cutting off the city from the mainland anyone who did not evacuate was stranded. the storm has killed 17 people, up from 16 within the last hour. that does include a crew member of the ship hms bounty, 7 1/2 million people are without power, some 50 homes destroyed by a fire that is still raging in queens, new york. nearly 200 firefighters have been working to knock down those flames since they broke out last night. firefighters telling our affiliate there 25 people are trapped if the upstairs unit of an apartment building some rescues have to be carried out by here's one of the causes of the power problems, transformer blew in new york there are also power lines down everywhere. >> knew this was going to be a very dangerous storm, the storm has met our expectations extraordinary amount of wa